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Posted by: Stephen Wesson
The Library of Congress invites you and your students to join in two upcoming virtual programs taking place during the first two weeks of December.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
Analyzing primary sources with a mathematics focus can help students develop their math skills in a real-world context, while also giving them fresh insights into history and other disciplines.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
In the November/December 2017 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article features a 1910 map of South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California. The map was created for the unique purpose of documenting estimated fire hazards, and resides in the Sanborn Map Collection, part of an ongoing digitization project at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Lesson Ideas, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and we'll see you next week.
Posted in: Holidays
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Step behind the camera with the photographers who fought against child labor. Build a timeline that traces African Americans’ journey toward freedom. Discover how Congress has been involved in the expansion of voting rights throughout U.S. history. Beginning on Friday, November 17, students are able to do all these things and more using a set of three new free educational interactives, all of which make extensive use of the online collections of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
Education specialists from the Library of Congress and members of the Library's Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Consortium are looking forward to meeting with you and sharing ideas on using primary sources in the classroom during the NCSS conference in San Francisco from November 16-18.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
Political cartoonists often see the Thanksgiving celebration as a way to poke fun at a political issue, put a satirical spin on an event, or criticize a noted figure or group of figures.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Holidays
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
This year's American Association of School Librarians (AASL) annual conference will be held November 9-11 at the Phoenix Convention Center. Education staff from the Library of Congress will be in the exhibit hall in booth 900 on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Danna Bell
Two collections of eyewitness accounts from the Library of Congress offer insights into the daily lives and struggles of soldiers during World War II: the drawings by Yank magazine artist Sergeant Howard Brodie and interviews through the Library's Veterans History Project (VHP).
Posted in: Veterans and Military History, World History